[PATCH v2] ath10k: Replace ioread with mb to drain write buffer
Jakub Kiciński
moorray3 at wp.pl
Fri Feb 6 06:53:43 PST 2015
On Fri, 6 Feb 2015 09:58:46 +0100, Jakub Kiciński wrote:
> On Fri, 30 Jan 2015 16:14:30 -0800, Peter Oh wrote:
> > Using ioread() to perform draining write buffer is excessive.
> > Use compact API, mb(), that intended to be used for the case.
> > It reduces total 14 CPU clocks per interrupt.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Peter Oh <poh at qca.qualcomm.com>
>
> I have no idea what the code does but this change looks suspicious.
> Usually the point of ioread() is to flush the interconnect buffers
> while mb() ensures ordering only from the CPU perspective.
>
> Could you provide the reason *why* flushing buffers is unnecessary
> in the commit message?
I just noticed the discussion on the first version of the patch.
Sorry about the noise.
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